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Jags Drive Time: Thursday, October 8 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Jeff Wars Wars Jaguars Drive telling him John, actually, jaguarris
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  Speaker 1: Drive Time about starts right now. Welcome into Jaguars Drive
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: Time on a Thursday morning. A beautiful shot of the
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  Speaker 1: bridge here at Jackson Mills. The Jaguars get ready to
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  Speaker 1: head to Houston on Saturday to take on the Texans.
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  Speaker 1: As I welcome in John Osier and Brian sects and
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  Speaker 1: lots of things to get to taken a deep dive
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  Speaker 1: at Houston, Texans. He stay. But before we get that,
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  Speaker 1: a bit of an injury of the day before you.
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  Speaker 1: Cornerback d J. Hayden was placed on injur reserve yesterday afternoon. John,
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  Speaker 1: you were on the practice feel himself. Some guys not participating.
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  Speaker 1: Abert Dugmarone says he's optimistic as a whole all the
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  Speaker 1: injuries we saw lots Sunday. Beside J. Hayden, of course
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  Speaker 1: optimistic they have a chance to play. You're talking about
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  Speaker 1: a guy that's, you know, one of the top quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: in the league. You know he can beat you in
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  Speaker 1: so many different ways. Her own action for you, go ahead, John, Okay.
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  Speaker 1: The other guys that have been on this list, Josh
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  Speaker 1: Allen and All, h cam Robinson, Miles Jack and c. J. Henderson.
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  Speaker 1: There's been a tone from Doug all week that he
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  Speaker 1: feels good about those it's injuries, so you never know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm leaning toward all those guys playing, but yeah, who
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  Speaker 1: cares where I'm landing. That's my guy. And Brian, we
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  Speaker 1: saw that he was about d J. Hayden being placed
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  Speaker 1: on injured reserve. Already a secondary guy was struggling. Now
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  Speaker 1: d J Hayden is out. Where does the secondary now
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  Speaker 1: and go from here? You know, he's one of the
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  Speaker 1: more underrated free agents the Jaguars have signed in the
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  Speaker 1: Dave Caldwell era. Maybe because he's not huge like Helais Campbell,
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  Speaker 1: or because he wasn't the highest price guy, or because
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  Speaker 1: he's a nickel corner. But he's been the glue when
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  Speaker 1: he's been healthy and on the field, and a guy
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  Speaker 1: that makes plays. He's tough, he's smart, he's dependable. He's
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  Speaker 1: been worth every penny they've paid him, and to lose
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  Speaker 1: him really puts the secondary in a tough spot, because
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  Speaker 1: now do you put Josiah Scott, the youngster from Michigan
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  Speaker 1: State who looks like he's the future at nickelback out
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  Speaker 1: there and say, hey, we're young, let's go um. You know,
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  Speaker 1: do you move someone inside Tray Herndon, who's played some
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  Speaker 1: nickel back in his time here, and throw Luke Barkoo outside.
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  Speaker 1: But you're still talking about guys who've never seen NFL action.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be an interesting dynamic to watch how this
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  Speaker 1: group pulls together. It's it's an area of concern, and
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  Speaker 1: that concern just grew a little bit for this week's game. Yep,
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars go one of two ways now with that nickelback role.
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  Speaker 1: But that's what you drafted Josiah Scott four so and
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  Speaker 1: should see if he now gets some games have action
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  Speaker 1: here on Sunday against the Texans as we get into
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  Speaker 1: big things. Big thing once is turmoil. Turmoil right now
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  Speaker 1: in Houston Texans and owed four team that's not made
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  Speaker 1: it expected to be owned for right now with a
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  Speaker 1: new head coach. Just this week that head coach Bill
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  Speaker 1: O'Brien now released from his duties as head coach and
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  Speaker 1: general manager at the Houston Texas because also a longtime
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  Speaker 1: friend of head coach Don Brown. Don Ron says, yes,
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  Speaker 1: I feel for the guy, but also business, the business
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  Speaker 1: NFL in this league. I probably I would say that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I don't. I don't. I probably know him
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  Speaker 1: better than than than anyone. And you know, I know
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  Speaker 1: that he's an outstanding football coach. He's he's proven that. UM.
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  Speaker 1: I know that he's very loyal to his coaches and
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  Speaker 1: players and organizations. I think that, Um, you know, he's
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  Speaker 1: a guy that has won four or five titles in
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  Speaker 1: the n f C South. And I think he's someone
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  Speaker 1: that's uh, he's outstanding family man, he cares, um. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's just so many great qualities. You know.
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  Speaker 1: I can't believe I have to say this publicly now,
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  Speaker 1: you know, because normally I busted his chops. But um,
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  Speaker 1: and he's a great friend and UM, you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: always sad, you know when you see things like this,
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  Speaker 1: and UM, you know, I'm sure that he'll have, you know,
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  Speaker 1: opportunities down the road because because of all the things
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  Speaker 1: that he's done. We're gonna have a longtime sportswriter from
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  Speaker 1: the Houston Chrome Pole, John McClean, joining us here shortly
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  Speaker 1: on Jaguars drag times. We're gonna get the gist of
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  Speaker 1: what is going on in Houston. I think it's a
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  Speaker 1: big thing too, which is QB one. Whether you like
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  Speaker 1: it or not, every single week the storyline is going
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  Speaker 1: to be gardnerment. Sho even be a great story or
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  Speaker 1: it can be a bad story depending on how he plays.
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  Speaker 1: In our eyes. Right now he is two and two
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  Speaker 1: an NFL starting quarterback despite seam being one in three,
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  Speaker 1: y'all talk about this entire season being the year that gardnments.
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  Speaker 1: You can prove he is the franchise guy right now,
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  Speaker 1: two and two on that, but once again, he's the
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  Speaker 1: storyline going into this week. The big thing three is
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  Speaker 1: the gap. The Texans are a different Houston Texans that
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  Speaker 1: we are used to seeing, but our talent recently, But
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  Speaker 1: the biggest gap is no DeAndre Hopkins. Regardless, there's one
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  Speaker 1: guy that stayed consistent that Houston Texans team, Shawn Watson
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  Speaker 1: still a very dangerous quarterback. You're talking about a guy that's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, one of the top quarterbacks in the league.
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  Speaker 1: You know he can beat you in so many different ways. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know they put a lot of pressure. I mean
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  Speaker 1: you know they got they got you know, the read
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  Speaker 1: option game they have. You know, he can drop back,
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  Speaker 1: he can scramble, he can boot, he can naked, he
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  Speaker 1: can extend plays. Um you know, so again, I think
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  Speaker 1: you know, you see a lot of quarterbacks in this league,
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  Speaker 1: and then you know when you see the ones that
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  Speaker 1: have the ability to run and throw the ball deep
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  Speaker 1: like he can and keep his eyes down the field,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it creates a lot of challenges. All right,
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  Speaker 1: let's stick right here with big thing freaks. I think
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  Speaker 1: that's something very important that we haven't discussed yet. Brian Sexton.
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  Speaker 1: Is this Texans team we're not used to seeing without
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  Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. And better than that, I was looking at
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  Speaker 1: the stats this morning that defense big time is struggling.
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  Speaker 1: Look at both sides of the ball. They're not the
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  Speaker 1: textan that we thought would be seeing right now at
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  Speaker 1: this point the season. No, and John McClean can obviously
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  Speaker 1: give us some good insight when he joins us in
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  Speaker 1: the next segment. The Watson thing is the most interesting
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  Speaker 1: thing to me. And John said that we were standing
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  Speaker 1: on the field a year or two ago, and and John,
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  Speaker 1: you said, watch him when Hopkins isn't on the field.
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  Speaker 1: The word is, he isn't the same quarterback without Hopkins.
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  Speaker 1: And that's been true. Watched him a couple of times
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  Speaker 1: since you mentioned that, and he doesn't play the game
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  Speaker 1: as um and the right term escapes me. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he played with a band because he knew he had
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  Speaker 1: Hopkins down the field and he could just throw the
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  Speaker 1: ball up at Hopkins with his enormous reach, an incredible
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  Speaker 1: leaping ability, could go and get it. Well, now he's
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  Speaker 1: got to be much more precise, which means he's got
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  Speaker 1: to have more time in the pocket, which means he
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  Speaker 1: has to be in the pocket to hit you know,
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  Speaker 1: Will Fuller or Randall Cobb or rum Uh. And he
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  Speaker 1: this is gonna escape me. The other receiver they got
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  Speaker 1: from the rams that this name is just beyond me. Um.
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  Speaker 1: But the reality of it is is that Brandon Cooks
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  Speaker 1: that's right. Uh. He has not played like Deshaun Watson
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  Speaker 1: with Hopkins. Did John You must have predicted it, because
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  Speaker 1: that prediction came true as of right now, not looking
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  Speaker 1: like the same guy without DeAndre Hopkins. Well, there wasn't
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  Speaker 1: much of prediction as a question. When he talked to
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  Speaker 1: people around the league. It was like, this guy is
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  Speaker 1: really really good, but he's very dependent on DeAndre. What's
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  Speaker 1: he going to be with Adam? I still think Shawn
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  Speaker 1: Watson is a franchise guy and they will figure it out.
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  Speaker 1: The question for the Jaguars this week can you get
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  Speaker 1: to him, which they haven't been able to do. But
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  Speaker 1: more concerning, you guys have seen these games with Deshaun Watson.
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  Speaker 1: It's not so much getting to him, it's bringing him down.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I still have nightmares Brian of last year
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  Speaker 1: in London. Guys on his back and on his feet
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  Speaker 1: and he's spinning out. He looks like Superman. He's throwing
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  Speaker 1: guys everywhere. So that's what you worry about, is even
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  Speaker 1: without DeAndre Hopkins, he can make plays so far above
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  Speaker 1: the X and os. I worry about the Jaguars pass
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  Speaker 1: rush getting pressure and then not getting him down would
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  Speaker 1: be devastating for this team. Well, a new coach in
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  Speaker 1: a new system in Houston is likely to change the
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  Speaker 1: way Watson plays to a degree. So you're right, there's
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  Speaker 1: no doubt. I mean, they paid him like a franchise
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  Speaker 1: quarterback because it's self evident that he is. He's got
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  Speaker 1: all of the trade. Um, you know, I remember that
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  Speaker 1: game against the Bills, the wild card playoff game, where
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  Speaker 1: it appeared that two Bills were going to bring him
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  Speaker 1: down and forced them to try along field goal and instead,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he broke away, bounced off and ran for
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  Speaker 1: a Jaguars team that couldn't get to Joe Burrow last week,
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  Speaker 1: and Burrow was a guy who stayed in the pocket more. Um,
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  Speaker 1: it is a toll order to ask them to be
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  Speaker 1: able to bring this guy down, which is is why
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  Speaker 1: you even though they're owing four, you scratch your head
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  Speaker 1: and you say, how are they going to match up?
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  Speaker 1: Because Watson creates mismatches with his feet. Always has been
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  Speaker 1: a struggle for the Jaguars. And I think dun Brown
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  Speaker 1: and Garnerment she were really candid and honest and asked
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  Speaker 1: about the Houston Texans and guess their own for they
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  Speaker 1: expect them to have a better record at this point.
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  Speaker 1: But done Brown said it best John. He said, you
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  Speaker 1: know when there's a change like this, a head coach
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  Speaker 1: getting fired, a quarterback getting benched, there's something about that
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  Speaker 1: that next week a team comes out, if they had
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  Speaker 1: eight percent effort, they now have a hundred and tent
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  Speaker 1: down next game. Yeah, and I think it's it's a
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  Speaker 1: lot focused to you know, when there's a new set
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  Speaker 1: eyes on you from the top, all of a sudden,
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  Speaker 1: you're checking your p's and ques, so to speak. You're
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  Speaker 1: doing everything right and there's a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: breath of life of I'm sure the message from Romeo
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  Speaker 1: car Now this week is hey man, we're owing four,
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  Speaker 1: but we're playing like we're o and oh we can
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  Speaker 1: still dig out of it. I'm sure he's put PowerPoint
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  Speaker 1: graphics of teams who have made the playoffs after bad
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  Speaker 1: start for a week. At least, they're gonna believe in
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  Speaker 1: it now. Whatever happens this week will dictate what they
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  Speaker 1: believe in it next week. But I expect to see
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  Speaker 1: a team that plays like it though. And no, there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of pride. There's a lot of great players.
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  Speaker 1: J J. Watts still there. Maybe not the same player
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  Speaker 1: he was, but he's still J. J. Watt. John Watson
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  Speaker 1: is a great You know, there's talent, and they've played
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  Speaker 1: a brutal schedule. This is a dangerous game for adrenaline
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  Speaker 1: reasons for the Jaguars, meaning the Texans adroning could not
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  Speaker 1: agree more. A very dangerous Houston Texans team despite them
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  Speaker 1: what is going on in Houston, Texas. Houston Chronicles sports
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  Speaker 1: a look at the Houston, Texas the first let's take
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  Speaker 1: a look at them. On top of tweets, big news
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  Speaker 1: in the COVID nineteen era for the state of floor
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  Speaker 1: that we're definitely gonna learn more about its top tweet
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  Speaker 1: number one. Governor dispenses. The governor of Florida released a
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  Speaker 1: statement Yesterday's saying that NFL teams such as the Dolphins,
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  Speaker 1: the Buccaneers, and the Jacksonville Jaguars can now operate under
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  Speaker 1: full capacity for the rest of the season. Miami Dolphins
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  Speaker 1: we have to scoop with that are saying that by
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  Speaker 1: this news for the next home ging, they're so only
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  Speaker 1: gonna allow the thirteen thousand limited capacity that they were
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  Speaker 1: planning on. So John Ousier, I go to you, we
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  Speaker 1: need to find more about this. But very interesting how
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  Speaker 1: this could change for the Jaguars and now all of
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  Speaker 1: a sudden all fans can company at home game. Well again,
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  Speaker 1: I haven't I haven't a chance to talk with the
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  Speaker 1: people at the Jay war Is about this yet. But um,
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  Speaker 1: when I did talk to Ted Johnson uh a week
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  Speaker 1: or so ago, they still operate under the NFL's rules,
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  Speaker 1: no matter what the city's rules, no matter what the
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  Speaker 1: state rules are. So I my impression from a couple
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  Speaker 1: of days ago was that I wouldn't effect sixty thousand
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  Speaker 1: fans in the stands. They're still operating under NFL guidelines
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  Speaker 1: as well, So that may be a little dated for
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  Speaker 1: you know, full disclosure, but my guess is that's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be how it is going forward until something on the
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  Speaker 1: NFL front changes, and certainly with everything going on with
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  Speaker 1: COVID on other teams right now, I would be surprised
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  Speaker 1: if they dramatically up the number of fans, but I've
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  Speaker 1: been surprised before. We'll see you won't be this time. John.
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  Speaker 1: I saw you at Johnson last night and he said
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  Speaker 1: that the NFL rules will supersede the state rules. There's
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  Speaker 1: a couple of different reasons for that. Player safety. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: with COVID still surging in various parts of the country,
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  Speaker 1: there's a competitive side to it. If the Jaguars could
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  Speaker 1: have sixty five thousand, or the Buccaneers or the Dolphins,
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  Speaker 1: and yet the Jets, the Giants, the Rams, the Chargers
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  Speaker 1: could have zero, well there'd be a legitimate complaint from
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  Speaker 1: from those teams that it is competitively imbalanced. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think they can legitimately say that when there's fourteen or
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  Speaker 1: sixteen six team, by the way, the most in the league.
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  Speaker 1: The Jaguars lead the NFL right now in ticket sales.
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  Speaker 1: So the reality of it is is that they can
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  Speaker 1: lift the limits here, and they could do it in Missouri,
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  Speaker 1: and they could do it in Texas. But until the
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  Speaker 1: league says you may put more people in the stands,
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  Speaker 1: and that looks highly unlikely with COVID still around Um,
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  Speaker 1: you're not going to see it, especially with the news
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  Speaker 1: I just saw on Twitter that two more Tennessee Titans
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  Speaker 1: players have tested positive this morning. Definitely not great the
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  Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans going in. Let's go ahead and go to
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  Speaker 1: job McLean, who was here. That's from the Houston Chronicle
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  Speaker 1: writing for them for forty five years, and it was
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  Speaker 1: all about what is going on with the Texans right now? John,
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  Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining us this morning, waking up
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  Speaker 1: early with us. If you could try to summarize this
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  Speaker 1: week for us and what has gone on with the
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  Speaker 1: Houston Texans, how would you do that. The Texans have
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: been the most disappointing team in the NFL. A good
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  Speaker 1: example was last year the Texans beat them Jaguars, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, the Texans beat the Bills in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: Bills at four now look like a Super Bowl contender.
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  Speaker 1: The Texans rolling forward look like a pilet boat tender.
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  Speaker 1: And they have not played well going back to the
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  Speaker 1: second quarter of the Kansas City playoff game when they
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  Speaker 1: blew point Layton lost, so everybody thought they would beat Minnesota.
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  Speaker 1: Here the Vikings came in oh three. Their offense was
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  Speaker 1: not good, their defense was terrible and Kirk Cousins at
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  Speaker 1: his best game of the year. The defense looked good
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  Speaker 1: except in the second half, and the owner of Kal McNair,
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  Speaker 1: he said, we're not We're going in the wrong direction,
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  Speaker 1: and he said, we still want to win games. So
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  Speaker 1: he decided to fire Bill O'Brien's coach in general manager Elevate,
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  Speaker 1: associate head coach Romeo for Noll to interim coach, and
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  Speaker 1: executive vice president of the ball Operations Jack Easterby to
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  Speaker 1: uh interim GM. And then they will after the season
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  Speaker 1: hire general manager and then our head coach M. John.
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  Speaker 1: When I spoke to earlier this week, you weren't sure
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  Speaker 1: that this change was going to have much of an effect.
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  Speaker 1: Why wouldn't this give the team the boost that it hoped? Well,
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  Speaker 1: it might as the Jaguars, because the Jaguars, as you
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  Speaker 1: guys know, they have lost three in the rows instead
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  Speaker 1: opening victory, and um, interim jobs just don't work out.
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  Speaker 1: I went back. I've covered four year, three with the Oilers,
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  Speaker 1: one with the Texans. Oh, haven't have been a disaster,
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  Speaker 1: but one before my time, believe it or not. In
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  Speaker 1: nineteen sixty one, second year of the NFL, Willers changed
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  Speaker 1: couches when I'm beaten and win the second consecutive a
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  Speaker 1: FC South championship. So it is hard to find an
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  Speaker 1: interim coach who turned the team around. Usually you think
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  Speaker 1: players would play hard, harder because their jobs are on
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  Speaker 1: the line. They wanted to get positive things on tape
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  Speaker 1: for the next regime, But that's usually not how it
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  Speaker 1: works out. John the Texans have had a more talented
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: roster the last couple of years. I mean, notwithstanding, the
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  Speaker 1: Texans just have had more talent than the Jaguars for
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: most of the last ten years. Um not denying with
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  Speaker 1: the Shawn Watson a franchise quarterback, that it's still that way.
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  Speaker 1: But as the gap closed, how talented is this Texan
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  Speaker 1: this roster, Well, let's still got a lot of talent
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  Speaker 1: they have. They have multiple wide receivers that run in
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  Speaker 1: the four threes. They have good tight ends, although the
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  Speaker 1: best one is gonna hurt with a concussion, and I
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  Speaker 1: doubt seriously he'll be playing against the Jaguars. And they
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  Speaker 1: Duke Johnson rotated last year with Carlos Hide there ninth
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  Speaker 1: and rushings and uh, they made a decision not to
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  Speaker 1: bring back Carlos hide Bill O'Brien did, didn't want to
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: pay and didn't want a lot. He just asked for
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: too much. They made that decision back in March, and
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: then when O'Brien traded DeAndre Hopkins, he got running back
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: David Johnson included in the deal. Johnson ran well in
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: the first game against Kansas City, people got tired up
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: the last three games. He said, nowhere to run. The
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  Speaker 1: biggest disappointment on this team because I didn't expect much
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: out of the defense anyway, But it's been the offensive line.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: They returned all five starters intact for the first times
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: of two thousand le and have those two tight ends,
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  Speaker 1: one of him, Darren Fells, can actually block and other
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: than Laramie Thompson, who has been really good, none of
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: those linement has played as well as they did last year.
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  Speaker 1: Why nobody knows they've been bad on run blocking now
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: about half the sacks they've given up or Deshaun Watson's fault. Uh,
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: there's every game he's got one where he should throw
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: it away or take off and run. Instead, he's passing
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: up running opportunities to throw. And he's been inconsistent as
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: far as his accuracy but he's taken about half the
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: sacks himself, and he knows. We talked to him about
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: it every week. He needs to do a better job
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: of getting rid of the ball faster throwing it away,
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: but he tries so hard to make place down the field,
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: and a lot of times he does. But this is
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  Speaker 1: his fourth season. He's got to learn to help out
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  Speaker 1: his offensive life. John can he be the he is
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: without doing that? Well? He's been a great young quarterback
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: now since his rookie year when he blew out his
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: knee after seven games, and he's played with that style.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: But it's hard on the offensive lineman when you don't
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: know where the quarterback is and you you continue to
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: hold your blocked and all of a sudden, guys are
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: getting away and getting the quarterback because they haven't gotten
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: he ain't gotten rid of the ball. I would imagine
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: Josh Allen is really fired up to go against the
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: Texans as well as against the Shawn Watson because this disfranchise.
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  Speaker 1: This was shocking to me when I looked it up.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: Has never gone three consecutive games without a sack, and
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: I have looked up other teams to see what they've
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: done in that area. Maybe that's commonplace, but I doubt it.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: But that was just amazing to me. Now, Watson still
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: makes plays down the field, but he hasn't put together
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: a full game at Pittsburgh. Great first staff two touchdowns
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  Speaker 1: like one seventeen Last week, they were awful in the
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: first half against Minnesota. Two touchdown passes in the second half,
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  Speaker 1: almost had a third it was replay over ruled it
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: on the last drive, would have given them a chance
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: over to to tide the game. But right now what
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: they're trying to do is just put together four quarters
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: for the first time this season. John McClain from the
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  Speaker 1: Houston Chronicle joining us now, and John, I have one
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  Speaker 1: more for you. We were just talking about that relationship
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: we're so used to seeing with Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins.
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  Speaker 1: Are you at all surprised or did you see this
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: point the way it was that DeShawn Watson. Obviously we're
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: like heavily on Hopkins now that he's not there, his
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: production dropping off, Or do you think that he can
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: still pick this up without Hopkins there? He can still
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: pick it up because he's got Will Fuller, Brandon Cooks,
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: Randall Cobb Kenny steals. He's got a lot of receivers
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: and all of them three you I'm running the four threes.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: The other Cobb ran a pedestrian four or four or
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: six when he was at his combine. So that was
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: one of the ideas, give me more weapons and rely
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: more on throwing the ball down the field. And that's
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: fine if you got past protection. But losing Hopkins kind
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: of like somebody that has the best friend you've relied
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: on for years and you know you can always count
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: on that friend whenever you need him, and all of
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: a sudden they're gone and they're not there for you.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: There's an adjustment period. And were they really miss Hopkins
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: his own third down? What do you have helped him
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: win a game? Maybe the last two have been one
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: score losses, but he scored a touchdown in there. Well,
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: other receivers scored. Will never know, but there's no way
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: they don't miss Hopkins. It was those controversial trade in
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: the NFL. They weren't going to pay him with three
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: They weren't going to give him a ten million a
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: year raised with three years left on his contract. We
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: all knew he wanted more money and he got it
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: in Arizona and he's very happy in Arizona and everybody.
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: It shows in the past, but they're still going through
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: that adjustment period. And no, Will Fuller is the best receiver,
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: the go to guys. So far he stayed healthy. But uh,
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: there there has been a transition that has not gone
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: smoothly without optings. All Right, John McClean, thanks so much
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: for joining us this morning. We appreciate your time, my pleasure. Guys,
• 24:23
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• 24:26
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  Speaker 1: I saw on Twitter yesterday, but about the most points
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  Speaker 1: probably up there, but that's not exactly the case. The
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  Speaker 1: John I credited. You see deems like the Cowboys, the
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  Speaker 1: Relatively this Jaguars defense except for the Dolphins, and he
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  Speaker 1: hasn't had a big blow up. They've kept it close,
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  Speaker 1: but like Denerily like to they haven't executed to get
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  Speaker 1: the wind. Yeah, and you know, I'm not gonna sit
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  Speaker 1: here and say the Jaguars defense has been remotely good,
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  Speaker 1: good enough. I don't know where it's going, but it's
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  Speaker 1: so clear that you're seeing this front. I mean, it's
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  Speaker 1: the trend has been going on forever. It's on steroids now.
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  Speaker 1: The league's so offensive oriented. You've got quarterbacks on every
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  Speaker 1: team that are putting up astronomical numbers. It's gone too
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  Speaker 1: far that way, Frankly, but it's because of rules and safety,
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  Speaker 1: so it's never coming back. But defense, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: when you'll see it again in the NFL, Frankly. And
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  Speaker 1: I do think though that number will start. I think
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  Speaker 1: that I think the numbers will come back to earth
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  Speaker 1: a little bit as we go through the season. Remember
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  Speaker 1: there was no preseason, and you can use that rationale,
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  Speaker 1: that reasoning in a lot of different ways. Um, but
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  Speaker 1: defenses are just they're playing catch up like they never have.
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  Speaker 1: And I think maybe by the time we get to
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  Speaker 1: that number come back to earth. Alrighty, we'll see. If
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: we wrap up top tweets, we go to the Washington
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  Speaker 1: single team is build some sort of headline. But this
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: is very interesting. Waite Haskins. Yes, it was told. He's
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  Speaker 1: no longer at the quarterback of the Washington football seat.
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  Speaker 1: No longer is he even a second string. He is
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  Speaker 1: now the third string quarterback. Ryan Sexton. I go to you.
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  Speaker 1: You are the quarterback guy. You're knowledgeable about this. This
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to be the guy very very productive from
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: Ohio State in college and it just doesn't be working
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  Speaker 1: out in the NFL. Well, he's put up some numbers now,
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  Speaker 1: which is why you know, as I said the other day,
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  Speaker 1: hold off on looking at three d and fifty yards
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  Speaker 1: and two touchdowns as the measure of success. Look, this
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: is really simple. If you have the quarterback, you know it,
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  Speaker 1: trust your eyes. You can tell whoever Ron Rivera right
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: is making the call up. There isn't seeing what he
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: wants to see. So he's a first round pick. People,
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: you know, John and I every week or evaluating Gardner
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  Speaker 1: Minshew looking at it, you know, at him with a
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  Speaker 1: to be that franchise quarterback. If you have the quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: the ozone about how would this this um conversation around
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  Speaker 1: I mean clearly, if you're benching him at this point,
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• 30:37
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